Country Album

much of which is
  bestiary

attaches itself to riding
  out and feeling

some strong hour
  up the mountain

the county's real
  feeling—

articulate lilac

goat illuminat
  ed against night
   sky

so lacking spontaneity
  it fails

to move us

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from Backwards City Review
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